In 2012 Danspace Project presented two historic Platforms, Parallels and Judson Now. In 2013 we continue to explore artistic constellations and lineages. What web of connections do new generations of artists trace? Who are their influences? This season we will ask each artist to… Read more
n 2012 Danspace Project presented two historic Platforms, Parallels and Judson Now. In 2013 we continue to explore artistic constellations and lineages. What web of connections do new generations of artists trace? Who are their influences? This season we will ask each artist to… Read more
from Danspace Project Executive Director Judy Hussie-Taylor: Dear Friends, We are working very closely with Eiko on her upcoming PLATFORM 2016: A Body in Places (February 17 – March 23, 2016). It’s been a charged and dynamic process. And it… Read more
As a part of PLATFORM 2012: Judson Now, Melinda Ring curated an evening entitled by Dance by Default, with performances by Liliana Dirks-Goodman, Martin Kersels, and Michael Mahalchick, who, like those of the early Judson Dance Theater, collaborate with choreographers and work with dance in other ways.… Read more
On November 10, Danspace Project presented a four-hour Conversations Without Walls: Reflections on Some sweet day, a dance series at MoMA curated by Ralph Lemon with MoMA/PS1 curator Jenny Schlenzka. The following response essay is by Danielle Goldman, dancer, author and currently… Read more
“PUTTING THE BODY WHERE THE BRUSH HAD BEEN” In 1961, a tornado tore through Sidney, Illinois while Carolee Schneemann was studying painting as a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Chapmpaign-Urbana. She and the composer Jim Tenney lived in a… Read more
THE WEIGHT OF THE PAST In “An Evening with Lucinda Childs,” the choreographer performed excerpts from two solos that premiered at the Judson Memorial Church in the early sixties: Pastime (1963) and Screen (1965). The solos provided a glimpse into Childs’s early use… Read more
These are emotional times, turbulent on many fronts. Just to clarify my post was written after the first two weekends of Some Sweet Day (including performances by Jerome Bel/Steve Paxton, Faustin Linyekula/Dean Moss/Kevin Beasley) and before Sarah Michelson and Deborah… Read more
“WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY: WHAT HAPPENS ON THIS STAGE OR WHAT HAPPENS OUT THERE?” In 1967, Steve Paxton created Satisfyin Lover, a dance for 40 people who walk from one side of the performance space to the other,… Read more
PLATFORM 2012: Judson Now presents work by Judson-era artists reflecting their current artistic interests and includes artists who influenced Judson pre-1962 and contemporary artists who claim Judson as a direct point of reference. Fifty years after the first Concert of Dance at… Read more